The UK’s new #data bill is a “leaky valve” that will undermine the rights of millions of Europeans.

@EU_Commission please read our letter and stand up for EU citizens' rights!

#PeopleVsBigTech #DPDIBill

https://peoplevsbig.tech/open-letter-to-the-eu-commission-regarding-uk-s-data-bill

@openrightsgroup as you say right at the end surely the most likely consequence of enacting the #DPDIBill is not that Meta and other US multinationals will be able to use it to bypass EU Data Protection laws by channelling data through the UK but that the EU will to apply the same ban on data transfers to the UK.

RT @burkeabigaile
Peacock raises concerns about Sec of State powers to set strategic priorities of ICO and approve codes of practicing, noting that orgs across spectrum from @OpenRightsGroup to @techUK are worried about ICO's independence. Will the govt be "marking their own homework?" #DPDIBill

RT @burkeabigaile
Moran mentions @OpenRightsGroup "this legislation is part of a deregulatory race to the bottom as rights and safeguards of data subjects could be downgraded" #DPDIBill

RT @burkeabigaile
Moran: The citizen should always come top- are citizens at the centre of this bill? I don't think so. Sets worrying precedent for the future. Only 30% of people in the UK trust that the govt use their data ethically #DPDIBill

RT @burkeabigaile
Powell: "This bill undermines individual rights, making it harder to hold big companies selling our data to account, subject access requests are being diluted, the govt is tilting the rules in favour of companies processing our data." #DPDIBill

RT @burkeabigaile
Lucy Powell is up - "the UK has an opportunity to lead the world in this area. the next generation could allow small businesses and start ups to compete with big tech... and empower consumers and workers to have control over how their data gets used" #DPDIBill

For those not yet following @OpenRightsGroup on #Mastodon, here is its great report on the latest parliamentary stage of the UK’s watering down of its #GDPR standards/attempt to provoke even the @EU_Commission to remove 🇬🇧 adequacy #DPDIBill https://social.openrightsgroup.org/@openrightsgroup/110215441787968709

Follow @GavinFreeguard for live tweeting of the second reading of #DPDIBill!
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RT @GavinFreeguard
🚨 DATA PROTECTION AND DIGITAL INFORMATION (NO 2) BILL 🚨

Here we, here we, here we go

Second reading about to start

Watch @UKParliament https://www.parliamentlive.tv/Event/Index/78019916-591a-4241-a9cd-01f95836e9f3

Get up to speed with @ConnectedByData's resources page https://connectedbydata.org/resources/dpdib-resources

#DPDIBill
https://twitter.com/GavinFreeguard/status/1648008590253236241

4) Here's @StopWatchUK take on how the Govt proposals will empower the police to screw up with your lives
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RT @OpenRightsGroup
The #DPDIBill creates more grounds for processing data and more exemptions to the limits that restrict how data can be processed. This will expose marginalised communities to greater harms. @StopWatchUK have joined us in signing an open letter to stop the data protection reforms.
https://twitter.com/OpenRightsGroup/status/1633077592998682624

RT @OpenRightsGroup
🚨 This 'increasingly authoritarian' government has dragged the UK down the civic freedoms index, hacking away our rights off- and online. From anti-protest laws to censorship and surveillance in the #OnlineSafetyBill and #DPDIBIll, we're in a bad state. https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/mar/16/hostile-authoritarian-uk-downgraded-in-civic-freedoms-index

A few thoughts on the #DPDIBill and the notion of identifiability in here https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4383712. The basics remain problematic in this new version of the UK #GDPR

RT @OpenRightsGroup
"It appears that the revised version of the Data Protection and Digital Information Bill will be worse than the last, posing an even greater threat to our privacy rights" – ORG's view on the government's announcement yesterday. #DPDIBill #GDPR #privacy https://techmonitor.ai/policy/privacy-and-data-protection/privacy-experts-data-protection-and-digital-information-bill

RT @OpenRightsGroup
⚠️ The government has announced revisions to the Data Protection and Digital Information Bill. It appears that the revised version will be worse than the last, posing a greater threat to our privacy rights. Our response to today's announcement. #DPDIBill https://www.openrightsgroup.org/press-releases/revised-dpdi-bill-poses-even-greater-threat-to-privacy-rights-in-the-uk/

@openrightsgroup @ConnectedByData

New #DPDIBill just published: https://bills.parliament.uk/bills/3430

Happy(?) reading!

RT @GavinFreeguard
Happy Data Protection and Digital Information (No 2) Bill Day! #DPDIBill

Today's Commons Order Paper gives us the long title for the Bill - the same as when it was introduced in summer 2022 https://commonsbusiness.parliament.uk/Document/75863/Html?subType=Standard#_idTextAnchor003

Expect it to be presented after PMQs & any UQs/statements

7) Here's @BigBrotherWatch take on how the Govt proposals will unleash corporate and state surveillance.
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RT @OpenRightsGroup
Strong data protection laws mean individuals can protect themselves in a data ecosystem where all the power is skewed towards governments and corporations. @BigBrotherWatch signed our open letter calling on the government the scrap the #DPDIBill

https://www.openrightsgroup.org/press-releases/26-civil-soc…
https://twitter.com/OpenRightsGroup/status/1633395141070168065

6) Here's @keepnhspublic take on how the Govt proposals will put your medical data at the mercy of the Govt and their cronies.
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RT @OpenRightsGroup
GDPR has been used to challenge the use of public health data and illegal profiling. Strong data protection is essential as new ways are found to profit off of us. But the government want to weaken these protections. @keepnhspublic signed our open letter to scrap the #DPDIBill
https://twitter.com/OpenRightsGroup/status/1633409737202204672

3) Here's @StopWatchUK take on how the Govt proposals will empower the police to screw up with your lives
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RT @OpenRightsGroup
The #DPDIBill creates more grounds for processing data and more exemptions to the limits that restrict how data can be processed. This will expose marginalised communities to greater harms. @StopWatchUK have joined us in signing an open letter to stop the data protection reforms.
https://twitter.com/OpenRightsGroup/status/1633077592998682624

2) Here's my colleague @burkeabigaile explaining the threats of the new Govt proposals. She's also kicking this Govt asses, because that's what kick-ass people do. #IDW2023
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RT @OpenRightsGroup
Our open letter calls on the UK government to scrap the planned changes to GDPR privacy laws. ORG's Policy Manager @burkeabigaile explains how the #DPDIBill will damage our data protection rights, particularly harming people from margina…
https://twitter.com/OpenRightsGroup/status/1633043641869402114